75 minutes is way too long for this album. It's not necessarily that bad, but it just doesn't keep you interested for half the duration let alone the whole thing. It begins reasonably with the Scarface themed track and then 'West Coast Geez' but there is just nothing that good on offer here. Best Tracks: Cocka Roaches, West Coast Geez, Blind Livin', Ain't Nobody Fuckin' With Me, Sum Dem Murder.

I love Killer Mike on the mic, have since I heard him as an OutKast feature many moons ago, but the dude just can't get with beats I love for a whole project. I like a lot of this, but there's nothing that wows me. In the past, I haven't been a massive fan of EL-P's sound which continues here, and I don't love his voice either. 3.5-3 / 5. Best Tracks: Banana Clipper, A Christmas Fucking Miracle

This is surprisingly pleasurable. It starts off well with a banger in 'Get Money' featuring Rick Ross. 'Born An O.G.' is quality largely thanks to Luda who is on fire. From there the pop rap starts which makes up a fair bit of the middle part of the album. The good thing is though most of them work, particularly 'Love Somebody' and 'Mine'. Tracks such as 'Zone', 'This Nigga Here' and 'Loco Wit the Cake' are your standard southern rap tracks, all are listenable but nothing original. Overall, Ruthless is nothing overly different than many other albums but it features some good tracks and there isn't one bad track which makes everything listenable throughout the 52 minute playing time. Best Tracks: Get Money, Born An O.G., Love Somebody, Mine, Wifey Material, Make a Toast

Nahum Grymes' second album feels more like an album than his debut 'Back of My Lac' did. It's much more consistent throughout and it doesn't take time to grow on you. His last required a forced listen after I liked this one to realise it was decent (3/5). While 'Round 2' doesn't feature a track as addictive as 'Bed', it still contains good choruses, which is what you want from an R&B album, good beats and build up in most songs. Overall, IMO this is a very high-quality R&B release that can be played right through with plenty of great tracks to hear. Best Tracks: Fall, Don't Go, Sing 2 U, Forever Ain't Enough, Fly

We Alright' begins alright. Wayne ruins it though with a generic verse featuring a foreseeable lame pussy line once again at the end of the song. It also didn't need to be 5 minutes long. The following 'Trophies' is solid. I don't like Drake but this goes okay with Drake changing his voice a bit at times. 'Bang' has some reasonable bars and will make you bounce. 'Senile' is minimalistic and basically just boring. 'Induction Speech' is about Euro's come up and is worthy largely thanks to a great sample. I'm not convinced on Lil Twist. Tha song is okay... as is 'Lookin’ Ass'. The dark production feels a bit wasted on the topic Minaj focuses on. 'Back It Up' features production we've all heard countless times. Next, the Lil Wayne solo, 'Moment', should lessen Wayne fans' hope of the upcoming Carter V being anything new from here, or hope for a return to a time when he was a good rapper. PJ Morton does his best Akon impersonation on the 'You Already Know' autotune assisted hook. The melody of this one reminds me heavily of 'Live Your Life' by T.I. I think that's what I'm thinking of. 'Catch Me at the Light' is a solid pop rap tune. 'Video Model' isn't great, but again Wayne makes it worse with his final verse. He helps the final song 'Good Day' though, with a catchy hook making for a passable tune. The beats are standard as are most of the topics spat about as one may expect from a Young Money compilation. The leader of the crew, Lil Wayne, needs to retire ASAP. Has anyone in the history of rap, sport, acting, you name it, continued to be in the mainstream despite falling off so prominently? The fact he is still able to sell records is a testament to how many fans he garnered when he was a reasonable rapper I guess. A number of the other rappers are generally nothing more than features, or mixtape rappers, and are not noteworthy either. Best Tracks: Trophies, Bang, Induction Speech, You Already Know